Regional Conference on Transforming Teacher Development
When: 15-17 October 2019
Where: Tagaytay, Philippines
Type of event: Project Meeting (attendance by invitation only)
Contact: ict.bgk@unesco.org
Supported by both Korean Funds-in-Trust and Japan Funds-in-Trust, eight project countries (Uzbekistan, Nepal, Philippines, Mongolia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives) are currently benefiting from or have already completed the series of national workshops targeting different stages of policy intervention to develop ICT Competency Standards for Teachers (ICT-CST), enhance teacher professional development (TPD) curriculum/modules, train teacher educators/trainers, and formulate competency assessment guidelines.
To provide countries with an opportunity to explore different ideas on how to systematically address the practical concerns in implementing ICT-CST in the respective contexts, UNESCO is organizing this year's project regional meeting as an ICT-CST Conference to explore ways to effectively implement and integrate ICT-CST within overall TPD structures. The Conference will bring together selected resource persons to address requested focus areas, including innovative ICT-supported pedagogical strategies for 21st century learning, improving the quality of teacher training, whole school approach to ICT integration, validation and monitoring of competency standards, among others. Various session formats will provide a diversity of settings and opportunities for all stakeholders to network, exchange ideas, gather feedback, share resources, and learn from one another. A field visit and round-table discussions with experts will also be arranged.
In view of these, the objectives of the Conference are as follows:
- Evaluate the current ICT-CST project implementation of project countries
- Exchange knowledge and good practices on facilitating competency-based ICT-related TPD
- Strategize the next steps for ICT-CST implementation in respective countries, within and outside the project scope
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Presentations:
- Session 1: Project Progress
- Project Overview and Conference Orientation (Ms Jonghwi Park, UNESCO Bangkok)
- Session 2: Setting the Stage for Innovative TPD for ICT-Pedagogy Integration
- Improving TPD quality innovatively to facilitate transformative ICT-supported pedagogies (Ms Riina Vuorikari, DG JRC, European Commission)
- Landscape Review and Review of Emerging Technologies in TPD@Scale (Mr Justin Modesto, TPD@Scale, FIT-ED and Ms Jenilyn Agapito, Ateneo de Manila University)
- Session 3: TPD Cases on ICT-pedagogy Integration
- National level: Enhancing TPD Delivery (Mr John Siena, NEAP)
- School level: Whole-school approach to ICT integration in teaching and learning (Ms Shanti Divaharan, NIE, Singapore)
- Teacher level: Teachers' ground-level application (Mr Michael Morella, Pinagbuhatan High School, Philippines)
- Session 4.A: Fostering Digital Citizenship in the Classroom
- UNESCO DKAP (Ms Jonghwi Park, UNESCO Bangkok)
- Mobile Technology for Teachers and e-Citizenship resources (Ms Yolanda de Las Alas, Ms Aury Anne Santos and Mr Benedict Santos, SEAMEO INNOTECH) and Classroom Simulation of e-Citizenship (Mr Augustin Owen Pena, San Pedro Relocation Center, National High School, Philippines)
- Session 4.B: Evaluating competency standards: validation exercise prior to endorsement and M&E during/post implementation
- Teacher Standards in Australia (Mr Edmund Misson, AITSL)
- Embedding Teacher Professional Standards in DepEd System (Ms Gina Gonong, RCTQ, PNU)
- Validation of Professional Standards for Teachers (Mr John Pegg, SiMERR National Research Centre, University of New England, Australia)
- Session 5.A: Innovative ICT-supported pedagogies for 21st century learning (application of TPACK&SAMR) (Mr Ching Sing Chai, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
- Session 5.B: Teacher training approaches (on ICT-CST integration) that create impact (Mr Jovi Bernabe and Mr JPaul Marasigan, Habi Education Lab, Philippines)
- Session 6: Overview of the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert Programme (Ms Adelina Calub, NU-Nazareth School, Philippines)
